IMSA Releases Driver Ratings

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After months of anticipation, IMSA released Sunday its list of driver ratings for the TUDOR United SportCar Championship.

All drivers taking part in the TUDOR Championship have been ranked according to the ACO/FIA’s medallion system of Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze, the latter two categories for gentlemen and/or amateur drivers.

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Teams competing in both the Prototype Challenge and GT Daytona classes can only have one Platinum or Gold-rated driver in a traditional two-driver lineup, with a maximum of two pros allowed in a four or five-driver squad typically seen in races such as the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

There are no driver restrictions for the Prototype and GT Le Mans categories.

IMSA’s list, based off the FIA’s global driver rating standard seen in the FIA World Endurance Championship, features a number of revised and new ratings, with some of the notable ones listed below:

Upgraded from Silver to Gold:
Lawson Aschenbach
Guy Cosmo
Jan Heylen
Anthony Lazzaro
Spencer Pumpelly
Jeff Segal
Mark Wilkins

Downgraded from Gold to Silver:
Shane Lewis
Ryan Lewis
Bryce Miller
Rusty Mitchell

Newly Classified Silvers:
Jeff Altenburg
Klaus Bachler
Earl Bamber
Michael Christensen
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Spencer Pigot
Alex Riberas
Jeff Westphal

Other Notable Silvers:
Dane Cameron
Eric Curran
Brandon Davis
James Davison
Ryan Eversley
Mario Farnbacher
Joel Miller
Tristan Nunez

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